•Employees who spend
more than 50% of their time performing exempt work will
generally satisfy the primary duty requirement
•However, the
regulations do not require that exempt
employees spend more than 50% of time performing exempt work

The amount of time
spent performing exempt work can be a useful guide, and employees who spend
more than 50 percent of their time performing exempt work generally will
satisfy the primary duty requirement.Time alone, however, is not the sole test, and nothing in the
regulations requires exempt employees to spend more than 50 percent of their
time performing exempt work.